Combination table and ironing-board.



N0. 709;!76. Patented Sept. I6, |902.

P. ROTHENBUSCH.

` `COMBINATION TABLE AND IBONING BOARD.

(Application filed Nov. 27, 1901.) (No Modal.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR g2g/MW! Jr 72H7 BY il; 4M-MW Q A ATTORNEY No. 709,176. Patented Sept. la, |902.

' P. noTHENBuscH. COMBINATION TABLE AND IRONING BOARD.

(Application led Nov. 27, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

INVENTOR 'wrrNEsstst UNITED STATES ATnNT Prion.

PHILIPP ROTIIENBUSCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK RUTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION TABLE AND"|RONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,176, dated September 16, 11902.

Application filed November 27, 1901. Serial No. 83|935. (No model.)

To ai?, whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIPP RoTHENBUsoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 511 East Eleventh street, borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Combination Table and Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tables and ir0ningboards in which there is a combination of a table and ironing-board by means of a revolving leaf in the top or frame of the table to which is annexed a folding ironing-board consisting of two sections or parts joined together by means of hinges or other similar devices. The lannexation of the aforementioned ironing-board to the revolving leaf is accomplished by means of a fiat-headed bolt which slides in a groove cut in one of the sides of the said revolving leaf and then passes through a hole cut in one of the sections or parts of the ironing-board at or near the end thereof. To one of the sections or parts of the folding ironing-board is annexed, by means of two hinges or other similar device, a leg which rests on the ground and acts asa stand for the ironing-board. The leg is provided with a brace which swings upward and rests in a groove cut in the under side of one of the sections of the ironingboard and acts as a brace to the ironingboard. When the ironing board leg and brace are folded, the brace sits within a slot in the lower end of the leg and the leg and braceproject beyond the upper section of the ironing-board. A hole is bored in the brace near the end to permit the bolt hereinbefore referred to to pass through it. In order to hold the ironing-board in its folded or unfolded position, a washer is placed on the bolt and then a thumb-nut is placed thereon and screwed down on the bolt as far as it will go.

The objects of my improvements are, first, to assemble an ironing-board and its parts into a compact form, and thus acquire the result of economizing space and enabling the convenient storing of an ironing-board in a household; second, to aord facilities for the proper adjustment of an ironing-board to a table and to accelerate the adjustment thereof; third, to provide a means for the stability of an ironing-board when adjusted to a table and in use. Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the table in use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the table with the ironing-board folded up. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the table with the center or leaf turned. Fig. 4E is a cross-section on line 2 2 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. The dotted lines show center partly turned around. Fig. 5 is a detail View of the folding leg of the device.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The rails A and D and the legs B-constitute the framework of an ordinary table. This framework is constructed by doweling together four ordinary turned legs and four rails or sides. Upon this framework is placed the top O. The top C consists of a frame O anda revolving leaf E. The top O is constructed in the following manner, to wit:

First, as to the revolving leaf E, a plain board of such dimensions as are commensurate with the size of the top Gis taken and on the ends of such board are placed strips of wood similar in kind to the board above referred to. The purpose of these strips of wood is to prevent the board or main portion of the leaf from warping. The revolving leaf E consists as a whole of the board and the strips annexed thereto. When the leaf is so far completed, the next step is to bore a hole in each end of the leaf equally distant from the sides of said leaf and only deep enough to permit a pivot or pin to turn therein. In the bottom or under side or surface of the revolving leaf E a groove G is cut the length of the main board of the leaf, terminating at the strips annexed to said board. The groove Gis cut only deep enough to permit the head of a fiatheaded bolt to slide along it freely. A flatheaded bolt H is then placed in the groove G in such a manner as will permit the head thereof to slide along the groove G and the body to project out from the leaf E. When the bolt H has been inserted in the groove G, as above described, strips of metal-t'. c.,

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brass, iron, &c.-are then screwed or secured in some similar manner to the leaf E along the two sides of the groove G, with the edges of such metal projecting over 4the edges of the groove G in such a manner as will form a slot in which the end of the bolt H near the head will slide freely. The purposes of these strips of metal are, first, to prevent the bolt H from slipping outof the groove G, and, second, to form a channel in which the end of the bolt H can slide. The frame C of the top C is then constructed. This construction is effected in the following manner, to wit: Four rails of the same thickness as that of the revolving leaf E are doweled together. The length and width of these rails are lo be of such dimensions as will when added to the dimensions of the revolving leaf E amount to the gross dimensions of the top C taken as a whole. Before these rails are doweled together holes are bored in the edges of the rails, which are when assembled together in a position opposite the respective ends of the revolving leaf E. These holes are equally distant from the ends of the rails and opposite the holes bored, as aforesaidjn the ends oftherevolvingleaf E. A pin or pivot is then inserted in the hole bored in each end of the revolving leaf E and then in the holes bored in the rails, as aforesaid. The four rails of the frame Care then doweled together. By this construction the top C is completed and consists of the frame C and the revolving leaf E. The revolving leaf E turns or revolves on the pins or pivots hereinbefore described. The pins or pivots are to be of such dimensions as will permit their free revolution in the holes or sock- On the bottom or nnder side of the frame C are placed a springcatch and a button, the purpose of which is to hold the revolving leaf E in a firm and stable position when in use as a table or ironing-board. The spring-catch is placed in a position on the under side of the frame C oppositie the middle of the side of the revolving leaf Ein such a manner as will permit the tongue of the said catch to rest under the revolving leaf E when it is in position ,for use, thus acting as a support or stay to the said leaf. The button is placed on the opposite side of the frame C and in line with the spring-catch mentioned above. When the revolving loaf E is in position, part of the said button rests under the revolving leaf E and the other part rests under the side of the frame C, to which it is attached. This button is turned and the spring-catch released when it is desired to turn the revolving leaf E from one position tothe other. A piece of metal is placed on the edge of the revolving leaf E opposite the tongue of the springcatch, the purpose of which is to prevent the tongue thereof from wearing out the wood of the revolving leaf E when the said leaf is being turned from one position to the other. The top when completed as above described is then placed upon the framework of the table and securely affixed thereto by screws or some other or similar device.

The ironing-board J consists of a board in two sections, K being the larger section and L the smaller section, which are joined together by two hinges or some other or similar device. A leg M is annexed to section L of the ironingboard J by means of two hinges or other or similar device, and a brace N is connected to the legM by means of a bolt and swings within the leg M, the details of which are to be more specifically described hereinafter.

The ironing-board J is constructed in the following manner, to wit: A piece of wood not quite twice the length of the revolving leaf E is shaped in the form of the ordinary ironing-board, the dimensions of which are to be commensurate with those of the revolving leaf E, to which it is to be attached. The ironing-board J is then cut into two sections K and L. The section K is longer than section L. These two sections K and L are then joined together by means of two hinges or other or similar device in such a manner as will permit the section L to fold over and rest upon the longer section K. In the division of the ironing-board J into the sections K and L the section L is so cutthat its length will be less than the length of section K, and, again, in order that section L will not overlap the hole which is bored in the broader portion of section K near the end thereof to permit the bolt H to pass through such section it is necessary that the length of section L be less than the distance between the end of the narrow portion ofsection K and the hole above referred to. This is necessary in order to permit section L to fold over section K and also to allow the attachment of the ironing-board J to the revolving leaf E by means of thebolt I-I, details of which will be hereinafter described. On the under side of section L and near the end where this section is joined to section K a leg M is affixed by means of two hinges or other or similar device and in such a manner as will permit the leg M to fold over and rest upon section L when so folded. A piece of wood is then removed from the bottom end of this leg M, thus causing it to assume the form of a crutch, and from the center of the lower end of the leg a slot is cut through the middle of the legMfor a distance little greater than half the full length of the leg M. In this slot and opening is inserted the brace N, which is of the same form as thisslot and opening in the leg M. y The braceN is held in position by means of a bolt, which passes in one side of the leg M, then across the slot cut in said leg M and through a hole which is bored in the upper end of the brace N, and then through the other side of the leg M. This bolt is then secured by means of a nut and washer being placed thereon. When the leg M is folded, this brace N rests within the same. When the ironing-board is spread out for use, the brace N is swung IOO IIO

upward from the leg M and rests in a slanting groove which is cut in the under side of section L, midway between the ends thereof. The lower end of the brace N is beveled so that it will fit in the slanting groove. In order to prevent the brace N from slipping out of this groove, a piece of metal the Width of .the groove is placed at the end of the groove,

with its edge projecting slightly over the end of the groove, thus forming a pocket into which the beveled end of the brace N slides. By this means the brace N when adjusted is held in a iirm position, and any downward pressure on the ironing-board only tends to add to its stability as well as that of the ironing-board. The leg M is a triiie shorter in length than section K of the ironing-board J. A hole is then bored in the lower end of the brace N to permit the passage of the bolt H through same, when the ironing-board J is affixed to revolving leaf E and rests in its folded position. The frame C', the revolving leaf E, and the ironing-board J having been constructed as hereinabove described, the next step in the construction is the affixing of the ironing-board J to the revolving leaf E. This is accomplished by passing the bolt H, which projects from the groove G, cut in the revolving leaf E, through the hole which is cut in the broad end of section K of the ironing-board J. When the ironing-board J is folded, the bolt H passes through the hole which is bored in the lower end of the brace E, as the said brace N projects over and beyond the hole bored in section K. In order to hold the ironing-board J firmly to the revolving-leaf E, either in its folded position or when adjusted for use, a metal Washer O is placed on the bolt H, and then a thumb-nut is screwed down on the bolt H as far as is necessary to eectuate the purpose thereof.

The ironing-board J when not in use is held in a folded position under the revolving leaf E by means of the bolt H and the thumb-nut and Washer O affixed thereto. To adjust theironing-board J for use, the thumbnut and Washer O are removed from the bolt H and the ironing-board J is turned on the bolt H, acting as a pivot, to either side of the table, if such an adjustment is desired, or if it is to be adjusted at either end of the table the ironing-board J is slid along the groove G, and when in the desired position the leg M and the brace N are raised so as to clear sure of this thumb-nut will hold vthe iron-` ing-board J in a firm position.

The next step in the preparation of the ironing-board for use is to spread out the upper section L of the ironing-board J and the leg M andthe brace N.` This is done by raising and turning section L into position, and in so doing the leg M will fall into its position. The brace N is raised and placed into the groove hereinbefore more specifically described. To fold the ironing-board J and its several parts, section L is raised and turned over section K.

The end of the brace N is then removed from the groove in section L and raised slightly and carried to a position which will permit the bolt H to pass through the hole in the end of the brace N. This movement causes the leg M to fall into its folded position and to rest upon section L, with the brace N resting .withinthe opening of the leg M. The thumbnut and washer O are removed from the bolt H to permit the bolt H to pass through the hole in the lower end of the brace N, and the ironing-board J is then slid back into its folded position on the revolvingleaf E. When this is done, the thumb-nut and washer O are replaced and the ironing-board J firmly secured to the revolving leaf E by means of the l said thumb-nut. To convert the top C into a table, the button on the frame C is turned and the spring-catch released in order to permit the revolving leaf E to be turned. When it is so turned, the button is turned back, and

the spring-catch by being released assumes its supporting position under the revolving leaf E. The dotted lines in Fig. 4 show how the revolving leaf E permits the ironing-board J to be placed under the table and out of the way and sight.

The description of the insertion of the revolving leaf E within the frame C of the top C is only one of the possible forms of insertion of said revolving leaf E.

vWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a table having a portion of its top revoluble, a folding ironingboard attached by a sliding axis to the :revoluble portion of the table-top, and a folding supporting-leg attached to the board, said folding portions being capable in their extendedpositions of horizontal motion about the sliding axis, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIPP ROTHENBUSCH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WAsEM, NICHOLAS GEU'rZLINGER.

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